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gave the greenlight to shoot in 2022, the first person to contact him was his costar Josh Brolin, who texted: “See you in Jordan, motherfucker!” Next up: waiting for the script for the “Dune” sequel. In the movie, when we are talking about the creation of the show in the blocking rehearsals, he steps back - but in the office, I take the reins and make the decisions to protect the show and most of all protect her.” He was aware that she would be the star of the show, while he knew he was the person behind her, trying to put the business together, and protect her work and creativity. He believed in his own talent and wanted to share it and express it and make people enjoy it. “He was an impulsive, organic person who wanted to be in the spotlight.
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When Ball visits Arnaz when he’s performing at Ciro’s, he winds up carrying her purse as she poses for photographers.
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The movie shows why it was impossible for them to sustain their marriage. Behind Lucy and Ricky were real people going through a real marriage, which most of the time was opposite to what people are celebrating.”
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Part of the struggle was how to convey that, and how much fiction and reality gets mixed into that. There is a price to pay when you do that. They were showing their own relationship in a funny, modified, washed-up way. “They were heroes of the nation who people followed and were obsessed with. While Lucy and Ricky were hugely popular, Ball and Arnaz were “more than celebrities,” said Bardem. It needs time and work to get this, no magic.”Īt heart, “Being the Ricardos” is a love story. “It’s the guts, the blood, the Cuban roots going through his body. “It has this sexual sensual energy that is the base of Desi Arnaz’ energy,” he said. It doesn’t have to be carbon copy of what he was.”īardem talked Sorkin into including Arnaz’ trademark number, “The Babaloo,” and threw himself into learning the congas over Zoom from Santana drummer Walfredo Reyes Jr. You recreate your version of the character. “There was a lot of material to follow, to chase, and grab,” he said, “to listen to him, understand him better, and the soul within, what he wanted, what he was capable of doing, what are his shadows and lights. He said, ‘Don’t worry, you’re good.'”īardem and costar Nicole Kidman studied their characters and “I Love Lucy” episodes. I was so scared and insecure and obsessed that I was not going to able to make it. “I’d have a month to prepare and six weeks to shoot, do some fast research in LA, and jump into Desi,” he said. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in “Being the Ricardos”īardem was already shooting “The Good Boss,” the Spanish entry for the Oscars (instead of Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers,” which stars Bardem’s wife Penelope Cruz), and would have to shoot “Being the Ricardos” during a pandemic hiatus in shooting “The Little Mermaid,” Disney’s live-action remake in which he plays King Triton.